The Bluemoon Song Cup 2023

[bennyboy]

 

[RobMCFC]

The Rolling Stones make their bow in the competition and cruise into the second round with a comfortable win.

Rolling Stones (The Last Time) 22 - 6 Siouxsie And The Banshees (Arabian Nights)

Results of my watch so far so that it's easier for BH to track

Lana Del Rey (Salvatore) 10 - 26 Bruce Springsteen (Streets of Philadelphia) (Page 90)
The Jam (Down In The Tube Station at Midnight) 24 - 7 Amy Winehouse (Rehab) (Page 93)
James (Born Of Frustration) 26 - 8 U2 (One) (Page 97)
Love (Alone Again Or) 24 - 4 Elbow (Kindling) (Page 104)
Foster The People (Pumped Up Kicks) 10-13 Delia Derbyshire (Doctor Who Theme) (Page 107)
Rolling Stones (The Last Time) 22 - 6 Siouxsie And The Banshees (Arabian Nights) P108

 

[RobMCFC]

Please click 'Like' on the song you prefer.

Round 1/M29
The Specials (Ghost Town)
v
Keane (Try Again) Pxx

 

[RobMCFC]

 

[RobMCFC]

RobMCFC

 

[RobMCFC]

Never understood the popularity of "Ghost Town", so I've gone with Keane (but that's not really any good either).

 

[BimboBob]

Ghost Town was more of a feeling, a slice of what was happening in some inner city's around the country.

 

[Out on blue 6]

Watched a programme on channel 4 called 60 days on the estates where a chap spent a few weeks in London, Birmingham and Glasgow. It was rubbish but what it did show was drug use,crime and social derogation that still exist on these estates. Ghost Town was released 42 years ago to this week and tackled the same issues then. What a sad state of affairs. In my opinion one of the greatest number ones of all time. Keane share their name with Roy. That would have been enough on its own.

 

[journolud]

Kept waiting for the Keane song to start. Ghost Town, hands down.

 

[threespires]

Never understood the popularity of "Ghost Town", so I've gone with Keane (but that's not really any good either).

I'm about to put 'I agree with Rob' on the album thread but you need to thread ban yourself for this comment mate ;-)

I know I am of an age that makes me biased but I think Ghost Town has a legitimate claim for the greatest ever #1 in this country. The social commentary aspect is well acknowledged but it's also a brilliant piece of music. It's meticulously composed and arranged but is not at all sterile, the tension in both the country and the band is reflected and palpable in the tension between the strange hybrid of styles and influences throughout the song. It sounds like nothing else that's hit the top before or since.